CM provides Rs.500 million for free health facilities

Special Secretary Health Punjab Babar Hayat Tarrar has said that checking up of accounts of District Health Offices is being started soon to ensure proper use of funds of billions of rupees allocated for providing healthcare facilities to the people. In this connection, the checking of accounts Health Department Nankana has already been ordered for which report within a month would be submitted.
He stated this while presiding over a meeting of EDOs Health of all districts of the Punjab and Divisional Directors of Health at Institute of Public Health, here Saturday. He directed the officers to chalk out their monthly work plan and implement it strictly so that their performance could be improved and health delivery system also be made more efficient. He said that our main focus is to improve health delivery system in Punjab for which Health Department has to work day and night. He further directed that EDOs and District Officers Health should also launch a social mobilization campaign to attract female segment of the society for optimum utilization of regular health facilities at government hospitals by pregnant women. He further said that delivery under the supervision of lady doctor, lady health visitor or through skilled birth attendant is necessary to control maternal mortality rate.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Health Dr. Nisar Cheema disclosed that on the directions of Chief Minister Punjab, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, health facilities in labour room and Peads indoor in all DHQs as well as THQs hospitals will be provided free of cost for which Chief Minister Punjab has granted Rs.500 million. He directed the EDOs Health to improve routine EPI coverage as well as anti-polio campaign should be carried out in a more effective manner for achieving the set goals.